There is an actual bookshelf in mine. Currently I have;Rescue Warriors: The US Coast Guard, America's Forgotten Heroes, David HelvargWeapons: An International EncyclopediaKaplan Civil Service Exams TestbookHarbor Freight catalogAll for the King's Shilling, Edward Coss1001 Things Everyone Should Know About American History, John GarratyThe Power of Myth, Joesph CampbellUncle John's Bathroom Reader Daily CalenderThoughts from the CommodeIssues of Naval History, Proceedings, Smithsonian and National Geographic magazines.

Ooo, Without Remorse is my favorite Clancy. It's also one of the reasons I became friendly with my husband: I'd been waiting for the paperback of Executive Orders, but promptly borrowed his hardcover. Yay books!

I usually have one of the books I am currently reading (I'm a trifle ADD) plus "A Mencken Chrestomathy" for when I'm feeling more cynical than usual. Just finished "Shadowline" by Glen Cook (one of my favorites, and a most versatile writer), now reading "Act of Will" by A.J. Hartley, and re-reading "The Weapon Shops of Isher" by A.E. vanVogt. Often the latest gun magazine is in there as well. "Oh, look! There's a squirrel!"

Bathroom reading has to meet certain criteria, the main one being that the book should have many short sections rather than fewer long chapters. Currently, I'm rotating between a Harlan Ellison omnibus, a PG Wodehouse anthology, and "Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh.

I have nothing to read in my bathroom. If I feel that I'll be in there for a while, whether due to a visit to the throne or brushing my teeth, I take a book with me. Right now I'm re-reading "The Number of the Beast" by Heinlein and also studying my Developmental Psychology textbook for school.

Family legend has it that my grandmother, trying to encourage my dad as a wee lad (and, previously, his two older brothers) in their potty training, would send them to the loo with a book and instructions not to emerge until nature (and gravity) took its course. The daughters-in-law (my mom and aunts), according to my mom, got together early on, compared notes, and made a pact never to encourage this behavior in their offspring, since the length of time spent in the potty was a source of common annoyance for all of them. To my knowledge (although I confess I've never specifically discussed it with my cousins), that pact was upheld through the following generation, and to this day, I don't read in the loo. My brothers and I were taught to get in and get out, in case someone else needed to go. Pity me if you will...I'd rather read on my couch than on the hopper. :)